Medical pot outlet aims to open in Wellfleet

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Feb 2, 2018 at 3:01 AM

WELLFLEET — The town might get its first medical marijuana dispensary if the selectmen approve a proposed host community agreement with Atlantic Medicinal Partners (AMP).

The company, which has already received a letter of support from the selectmen, wants to set up shop at 1065 State Highway, next door to Van Rensselaer’s Restaurant and Raw Bar on an almost empty half acre in the town’s commercial district.

“We’re excited to hopefully provide for patients on the Cape,” AMP CEO Stephen Perkins of Quincy said by phone on Tuesday. “We know there’s a need for it. There are a lot of towns banning marijuana dispensaries and not making it accessible for people who need it. That’s why we are coming down your way.”

He will be working with his brother, Jeffrey Perkins, the chief operating officer, and Frank Ciera, the chief financial officer.

“We love the Cape,” Stephen Perkins said. “Basically we will be a pharmacy. It’s medicine. It’s my belief that we can help people with specific illnesses or with whatever kind of diagnosis, rather than prescribing opiates. I think it’s a win-win situation.”

AMP will go before the selectmen sometime next month to finalize the host agreement.